I suppose we need to fix the serialization compatibility - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-21811 We also have https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-21728 with 6.0-alpha3 as a fixed version...
I have the following things which I would like to be included to 6.0 (if 6.0-beta1 means only bug fixing): https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-21175 - Upgrade to Netty 4.2; taking in account that July 1st, 2027 as EoL announced for Netty 4.1 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-21171 - JDK25 support; because JDK21 is already quite old + a switch after 6.0 release would be much more expensive to implement https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-21460 - Support BTI for cursor compaction https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-20333 - Reduce DecayingEstimatedHistogramReservoir update cost; optionally but it gives a nice performance improvement On Sun, 25 Oct 2026 at 16:10, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 22 Oct 2026, at 5:55 PM, Ekaterina Dimitrova wrote: > > Great discussion to have, thanks Stefan! > > Alpha vs Beta - we need to look into our currently 6.0 open tickets > > probably against our requirements outlined here - > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/plugins/servlet/mobile?contentId=132320437#content/view/132320437 > > > > In the meantime, I encourage everyone knowing about something not yet > > in a ticket - please open one so the community gets the right > > visibility. > > > Yup, if you have any critical tickets that need to go in before our first > beta remember to add `6.0-alpha` to their fixVersion, with regards to our > establish release guidelines Ekaterina points out. > > This usage is also described under its version description: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/CASSANDRA?selectedItem=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin%3Arelease-page&status=unreleased > > "Placeholder for blockers to 6.0-beta1 (unresolved tickets only)" > > Currently we two tickets blocking any 6.0-beta1 > > I'm keen to cut 6.0-alpha3 and 5.0.10 asap. > > -- Dmitry Konstantinov
